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Washington
This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to Washington. It supports research on the state’s firearms history, technology, law, policy, and culture from the territorial period through statehood to the present.
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Item type:Item, 1935 Wash. Sess. Laws 599(1935)Ch. 172, §§ 1-4: 'Short Firearm' as used in this act means any firearm with a barrel less than twelve (12) inches in length.If any person shall commit or attempt to commit a crime of violence when armed with a pistol, he may in addition to the punishment provided for the crime, be punished also as provided by this act. No person who has been convicted in this state or elsewhere of a crime of violence, shall own a pistol or have one in his possession or under his control.Item type:Item, 1935 Wash. Sess. Laws 599-601(1935)Ch. 172, § 8: No person shall deliver a pistol to any person under the age of twenty-one or to one who he has reasonable cause to believe has been convicted of a crime of violence, or is a drug addict, an habitual drunkard, or of unsound mind."Item type:Item, 1909 Wash. Sess. Laws 98(1909)Ch. 54-Protecting Game on Lake Washington, §§ 1-3: That it shall be unlawful to fire any gun or to kill, shoot, entrap, ensnare, maim, or destroy any wild birds at any season of the year upon the waters of Lake Washington, or within one mile of its shores, and any person who shall kill, shoot, entrap, ensnare, destroy, or maim any wild birds at any season of the year upon the waters of Lake Washington, or within one mile of the shores of said lake, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as hereinafter provided.Item type:Item, 1935 Wash. Sess. Laws 599-601(1935)Ch. 172, §§ 5-7: No person shall carry a pistol in any vehicle or conceal on or about his person, except in his place of abode or fixed place of business, without a license therefor as hereinafter provided.Item type:Item, 1909 Wash. Sess. Laws 984(1909)Ch. 249, Subchapter 8-Crimes against the Public Peace, §§ 307-308: Every person who shall aim any gun, pistol, revolver or other firearm, whether loaded or not, at or towards any human being, or who shall wilfully discharge any firearm, air gun or other weapon, or throw any deadly missile in a public place, or in any place where any person might be endangered thereby, although no injury result, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.No minor under the age of fourteen years shall handle or have in his possession or under his control, except while accompanied by or under the immediate charge of his parent or guardian, any firearm of any kind for hunting or target practice or for other purposes. Every person violating any of the foregoing provisions, or aiding or knowingly permitting any such minor to violate the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor."Item type:Item, 1913 Wash. Sess. Laws 90-91(1913)Ch. 33, § 1: Every person who shall use any sink box or sink boat or sneak boat for the purpose of shooting wild ducks, geese, swan or other water fowl, or who shall use any battery, swivel or pivot gun, or any gun other than one to be held in the hands and fired from the shoulder, at any time, for the purposes of shooting wild ducks, geese, swan, brant or other water fowl . . . shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as hereinafter provided.Item type:Item, 1909 Wash. Sess. Laws 980(1909)Ch. 249, Subchapter 8-Crimes against the Public Peace, § 294: It shall not be lawful for any body of men other than Armed the National Guard or troops of the United States, to associate themselves together as a military company with arms, without the consent of the Governor; but members of social and benevolent associations are not prohibited from wearing swords. Every person who shall associate with others in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor."Item type:Item, 1909 Wash. Sess. Laws 965, 977-78(1909)Ch. 249, Subchapter 7-Crimes against Public Health and Safety, § 283: Every proprietor, lessee or occupant of any place of amusement, or any plat of ground or building, who shall allow it to be* used for the exhibition of skill in throwing any sharp instrument or in shooting any bow gun, pistol or firearm of any description, at or toward any human being, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.Item type:Item, 1933 Wash. Sess. Laws 335-36(1933)Ch. 64, §§ 1-5: Prohibited manufacturing, owning, buying, selling, loaning, furnishing, transporting, or possessing a machine gun.Item type:Item, 1911 Wash. Sess. Laws 303(1911)An Act Relating to the Carrying of Firearms, Requiring Licenses of Certain Persons, and Fixing a Penalty for the Violation Thereof, ch. 52, § 1: Required noncitizens to receive a license from the state auditor, upon a certificate from the consul of the individuals' country of origin and payment of a fee, before noncitizen can possess a firearm.Item type:Item, 1909 Wash. Sess. Laws 965, 966-67(1909)Ch. 249, Subchapter 7-Crimes against Public Health and Safety, §§ 252 & 254: Every person who shall make or keep any explosive or combustible substance in any city or village, or carry it through the streets thereof in a quantity, or manner prohibited by law, or by ordinance of such municipality; and every person who, by careless, negligent or unauthorized use or management of any such explosive or combustible substance, shall injure or cause injury to the person or property of another, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.Every person who shall put up for sale, or who shall deliver to any warehouseman, dock, depot, or common carrier any package, cask or can containing benzine, gasoline, naptha, nitroglycerine, dynamite, powder or other explosive or combustible substance, without having printed thereon in a conspicuous place in large letters the word "Explosive," shall be guilty of a misdemeanor."Item type:Item, 1909 Wash. Sess. Laws 973(1909)An Act Relating to Crimes and Punishments and the Rights and Custody of Persons Accused or Convicted of Crime, and Repealing Certain Acts, ch. 249, ch. 7, §266, pts. 1-3: Prohibited the setting of any trap, spring pistol, rifle, or other deadly weapon. Punishable by imprisonment for up to 1 year or a fine of up to $1,000. Further punishable by imprisonment for up to 20 years for non-fatal or fatal injuries resulting from the trap.Item type:Item, 1909 Wash. Sess. Laws 972-73(1909)Ch. 249, § 265: Prohibited manufacturing, selling, disposing of, or possessing any slung-shot, sand club, or metal knuckles. Also prohibited the concealed carry of any dagger, dirk, knife, pistol, or other dangerous weapon. Prohibited use of suppressors. Punishable as a gross misdemeanor.Item type:Item, 1909 Wash. Sess. Laws 929, 931-33(1909)Ch. 249, Subchapter 5-Crimes against the Person, §§ 142 & 151: Every person who shall fight or participate in, as second or assistant, any duel within this state, in which any person is killed, or who, by previous appointment made within this state, shall fight or participate in, as second or assistant, any duel out of the state, in which any person is killed, shall be guilty of murder in the second degree; and, in the latter case, may be proceeded against in any county in this state...Every person who shall make or keep gun powder, or any other explosive substance, in a city or village, in any quantity or manner prohibited by law or by ordinance of such municipality, if an explosion thereof shall occur whereby the death of a human being is occasioned, shall be guilty of manslaughter."Item type:Item, 1909 Wash. Sess. Laws 942, 947(1909)Ch. 249, Subchapter 6-Crimes against Morality, Decency, etc., §193, no. 4: Every person who Shall sell, or give, or permit to be sold or given to any person under the age of eighteen years, any revolver, pistol, or toy pistol Shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.Item type:Item, 1907 Wash. Sess. Laws 636(1907)Ch. 241, § 29, pt. 21: To regulate or prohibit the loading or storage of gunpowder and combustible or explosive materials in the city, or transporting the same through its streets or over its waters.